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TRAVEL Tenerife
TRAVEL TENERIFE Sponsored by Pearly Grey Ocean Club
After a 5 hour flight from Gatwick, I felt the wind on my face on Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It was very windy – the reason we were told is that this was the windy side o ...
Exploring Australia
Arriving in Sydney airport is a rather daunting experience, not only are you stressing about the fact that you may have a stray banana peel in your bag, but there is also the fact that even mud on your shoe could get you turfed out!
But once you’re in, i ...
PHILADELPHIA SOUL
Described as the “City of Brotherly Love”, Philadelphia offers so much more than just cobblestone streets and endless historical landmarks. What makes this city so memorable is its unique blend of experiences that you have to discover in person.
By day y ...
UK TOP COSY SPOTS
Warm your cockles this Christmas with local ales, home-cooked food & exploring the UK.
The bleak weather may be urging you to stay in front of the telly, but resist the temptation to hibernate at home – the UK is full of warming winter venues, be it ...
LET THE FESTIVITIES BEGIN
Got to get away this festive season?
SA Promo picks its top destinations to enjoy Christmas and New Year.
Vienna
Vienna ranks amongst the most beautiful capitals in Europe. A city of high culture and great food, it is an alluring and romantic place to ...
TRAVEL USA
Crossing the international date line is a very interesting experience, arriving in Los Angeles from Fiji, roughly 6 hours before leaving it! After processing that I had gone back in time and was on the other side of the world, I caught the connecting flig ...
SKI AUSTRIA
Ski Austria this winter?
Austria is well know throughout not only Europe, but the world, for having some of the best ski runs on the planet. Austria’s reputation is built on not only the fact that it not only has some of the most accessible runs in the w ...
TRAVEL New Zealand
The biggest surprise about New Zealand was how cold it was, a completely unexpected shock after having just spent a week on the Great Barrier Reef in Cairns. When you are on a round the world trip, you tend to pack light, so let me warn you all – New Zea ...
DUBAI Travel Tips
On October 2nd last year, I flew out to Dubai for what was supposed to be a four day visit for a friend’s birthday. Much to my surprise, the holiday turned into a 2 month stay, including ending up in court, being held in the country for 6 weeks with no pa ...
ROMANTIC TRAVEL Getaways
February is all about romance, and you would be surprised how many fantastic offers there are at the last minute for a great romantic getaway. Apart from the usual cities that appear on everybody’s ‘most romantic’ list, I thought it would be a great idea ...
JUNGFRAU Switzerland Ski Holiday
As South Africans we are used to warm sunny weather, even in the winter. Most of us have never even seen real snow, only the fake snow in our shopping centre Christmas displays! So it’s not surprising that our first reaction when reaching the ski slopes o ...
EGYPTIAN NILE CRUISE
For thousands of years travellers have been coming to Egypt to marvel at the Pyramids, the Sphinx, ancient Luxor and the River Nile. Steeped in history, these monuments to a once great civilisation still capture the imagination of travellers today.Egypt h ...
